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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Ashna ===> Afghanistan

« on: November 12, 2022, 1718 UTC »

Solid  on 12075 khz @ 17:02 utc (11:02 cdt local) in Pasho.  Yl hosting program interviewing various OM's.  Zero QSB.

SINPO: 33253
TX:  Udon Thani, Thailand

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Saudi ==> North Africa

« on: November 12, 2022, 1652 UTC »

13710 khz @ 16:45 utc in Arabic.  Very marginal with strange noisy interference  and prominent fading.

SINPO: 2-1-1-1-1 on the ICOM R75.   Nothing at all on 9885 or 9790.

13710 much improved to 4-3-3-3 by 17:56Z

(15:53 Z 13710 khz 5 Feb. 23 ).  32232

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC ==> East Africa

« on: November 12, 2022, 1639 UTC »

17830 khz @ 16:14 utc via Wooferton with  EPL  soccer coverage.  .Apparently some  pretty exciting games today.

"... THATS HIS 5th GOAL IN THE LAST 4 GAMES. INCREDIBLE !! '


SINPO: 3-3-3-4-3

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI==> Indonesia

« on: November 06, 2022, 1326 UTC »

11955 khz @ 13:09 utc (08:09 cst local)  in Malaysian with music with female vocals to 13:12  then YL hosting monologue narrative.

SINPO: 32243 on the R75
TX:   Kunming
TARGET:  Indonesia / SE Asia

245

Shortwave Broadcast / VOA back on 17895....

« on: November 05, 2022, 1733 UTC »

... @ 17:23 utc (12:23 cdt local) with world news in English via Botswana to East Africa.  Discussion on arms sales from Russian friendlies Iran and North Korean.  ID @ 17:30 followed by feature on religious freedom and extremism.

SINPO:  43243.   Tecsun 990x w/Alpha Delta Sloper

246

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia ==> SE Asia

« on: November 03, 2022, 1411 UTC »

12055 KHZ @1345 UTC with YL in Burmese conducting series of short news items featuring what appeared to be sound bites from male field reporters.  Bell chimes and solid  canned OM ID: "You are listening to Radio Free Asia" 30 seconds early at 13:59.

SINPO: 22242 but deteriorated rapidly at 1400.  Gone completely by 14:06.
TX:  Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands

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Shortwave Broadcast / RNZ (?) on 7390 khz....

« on: October 31, 2022, 1355 UTC »

@ 13:48 UTC  with music:

"CITIZEN" by Trinity Roots

Heavy fading... never caught an ID

SINPO: 3-2-2-1-2

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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI ===> Southern Europe

« on: October 29, 2022, 1750 UTC »

11825 khz @ 1741 utc with service to South Europe in Croatian with music via Beijing.

17:41 Song by Jason Zhang
17:47. "My Happiness is Coming" by Na Ying

SINPO: 3-2-3-3-3

249

General Radio Discussion / Cold War Radio history.....

« on: October 26, 2022, 2058 UTC »

....book now available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Cold-War-Radio-Russian-Broadcasts/dp/1640125140

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Shortwave Broadcast / "REGGIE ! REGGIE !! "......

« on: October 23, 2022, 1623 UTC »

WJHR on 15555 KHZ USB  @ 16:10 with the usual preacher creature yelling about  how (get this)its ok to fail in life cuz Reggie Jackson struck out over 2500 times "and he's in the Hall of Fame"!

Wow.

 

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 17790 KHZ....

« on: October 23, 2022, 1553 UTC »

....  @ 15:25 UTC with Irish religious programming with sermons and hymns broadcasting in English "from the pre-Presbytarian Church of Ulster" followed by a lengthy monologue on the inevitability of Death @ 15:35. 
Adventist Radio???   Usual freq sources come up empty,

SINPO: 43333  on the FRG - 7700

252

Shortwave Broadcast / RHC --> W. North America

« on: October 19, 2022, 1436 UTC »

13700 khz @ 14:30 utc (0930 cdt) in Spanish with music:

14:30 "Guajiro".by Sexto Sentido
14:33 "Smoke and Ash" by Undyed

SINPO: 4-3-2-4-3. via Bauta

253

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC ==> Far East

« on: October 18, 2022, 1825 UTC »

15435 khz @  18:17 utc in Korean to Far East. Sweet signal this afternoon out of the Philippines with YL hosting English lesson program.

SINPO: 4-5-3-4-4

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Shortwave Broadcast / Adventist Radio --> East Africa

« on: October 18, 2022, 1800 UTC »

17720 khz @ 1749 UTC (1249 CDT Local)  with YM hosting in Oromo (a native lanaguage of Ethiopian region) via Nauen, Germany.

Song with Male vocals @ 17:5
QRT @ 18:00 as scheduled
SINPO: 43333      FRG 7700

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Vietnam

« on: October 07, 2022, 1316 UTC »

12020 khz @ 13:13 utc in Indonesian.  YL with droning monologue  targeting Indonesia. 

SINPO: 22232